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Marion Cotillard (born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, perhaps best known for her Golden Globe nominated performance as Édith Piaf in 2007's La Môme (also known as La Vie En Rose).
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Biography
Career
Cotillard began acting during her childhood, appearing on stage in one of her father's plays.[1] Her career as a film actress began in the mid-1990s. She rose to prominence in the late 1990s when she was cast in the Luc Besson production Taxi (1998) as Lili Bertineau, a role that she reprised in two sequels. She then earned very good reviews and the attention of cinephiles via her portrayal of twins who exchange their lives after one of them dies in Les Jolies Choses. Although more widely known in France, Cotillard is building an international presence. In 2003, her reputation was considerably enhanced by her role in Tim Burton's film Big Fish, opposite Billy Crudup and Albert Finney, which introduced her to English-speaking audiences. It also became her first both critical and financially successful film. This led to two more critically successful films into 2004, known as A Very Long Engagement, where Cotillard further demonstrated the range of her abilities by playing the murderous Tina Lombardi, and the drama mystery Innocence. She also played Sophie Kowalski in Yann Samuell's Jeux d'enfants (Love Me If You Dare), which proved her ability to play a complex yet appealing modern romantic lead, though the film received mixed reviews. She recently appeared in Ridley Scott's A Good Year.[2] She was chosen among hundreds of candidates to portray the iconic French chanteuse Édith Piaf in Olivier Dahan's biopic La Môme (English title: La Vie En Rose), dubbed "the most awaited film of 2007" in France. Cotillard is currently in talks to play Luisa Contini in the film adaptation of the Tony Award winning musical Nine (musical). The part of Luisa Contini had previously been played by Karen Akers in the original 1982 production and more recently Mary Stuart Masterson in the Tony-Award winning 2003 revival also starring Antonio Banderas, Jane Krakowski, Chita Rivera, and Laura Benanti. The film is to be directed by DGA winner Rob Marshall and it is scheduled for release in 2008.
Personal life
Cotillard was born in Paris and grew up around Orléans, Loiret in an artistically inclined, "bustling, creative household".[2] Her father, Jean-Claude Cotillard, is an actor, teacher, director, and former mime, and her mother, Niseema Theillaud is also an actress.[2] She has two younger twin brothers named Quentin and Guillaume, the first being a sculptor/painter (he lives in the US) and the second one a writer. Cotillard is known to be ecologically minded, and has served as a spokesperson for Greenpeace letting the organisation use her apartment for testing products. Cotillard is a huge fan of Canadian singer Hawksley Workman and starred in two of his clips.
Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics
- 2007 Won Best Actress for La Môme
- 2007 Won Best Actress for La Môme
Cabourg Romantic Film Festival
- 2004 Won Chopard Trophy Female Revelation
- 2005 Won César Best Supporting Actress (Meilleur second rôle féminin)
for: Un long dimanche de fiançailles
Hollywood Film Festival
- 2007 Won Hollywood Film Award Actress of the Year
- 2004 Won Jury Award Feature Film - Best Actress - Drama
for: Jeux d'enfants
'Palm Springs International Film Festival
- 2007 Won Breakthrough Performance Award
for: Môme, La
Seattle International Film Festival
- 2007 Won Golden Space Needle Award Best Actress
for: La Môme
Verona Love Screens Film Festival
- 2001 Won Best Actress
for: Lisa
Films
- La Môme (English title: La Vie En Rose) (2007)
- A Good Year (2006)
- Fair Play (2006)
- Dikkenek (2006)
- Boîte noire, La (2005)
- Sauf le respect que je vous dois (2005)
- Mary (2005)
- Ma vie en l'air (2005)
- Edy (2005)
- Cavalcade (2005
- Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
- Innocence (2004)
- Big Fish (2003)
- Jeux d'enfants (2003)
- Taxi 3 (2003)
- Une affaire privée (2002)
- Jolies choses, Les (2001)
- Boomer (2001)
- Lisa (2001)
- Taxi 2 (2000)
- Heureuse (2001)
- Quelques jours de trop (2000)
- Marquis, Le (2000)
- Furia (1999)
- Taxi (1998)
References
- ^ Bunbury, Stephanie. "Birds of a feather", The Age.com.au, 2007-07-15. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
- ^ a b c Gilbey, Ryan. "Marion has no regrets either", News.com.au, 2007-07-07. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
External links
- Official website (French)(English)
- Marion Cotillard at the Internet Movie Database
- Magnifique Marion Cotillard (Fansite) (English)
- La Môme (7 minutes trailer) (French)
- Marion Cotillard's Road to Oscar (Fan Blog Monitoring Her Oscar Chances, Updated Daily) (English)
